abound
verb (used without object)
to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers.
is abounding
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present progressiveof abound (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Emethee, is emmtey, that is, abounding with ants.
From The Dialect of the West of England; Particularly Somersetshire by James Jennings
It is 'all grace,' and it is abounding grace.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Alexander Maclaren
Mr. V. T. Chambers writes us that it is abounding in the vicinity of Covington, Kentucky, "in common with a large portion of the Western country."
From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard
The lower or Silurian part of the protozoic group is brachiopodiferous, trilobiferous, polypiferous, and cephalopodiferous; that is, abounding in brachiopod and cephalopod shells; in polypifers, or corals; and in trilobites, a family of crustaceans.
From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Edward Hitchcock
While there is abounding joy in an unforeseen or hard won victory there is also much that is inspirational in the sturdy, courageous, devoted support of college-mates in the hour of defeat.
From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards
